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... early and small. Then we start to think about what else we will do, and fill a 3-4 week itinerary with discovering parts of North America that we haven't seen. We whittle out the almost impossible, subtract the wildly expensive, add in the lets-go-backs and we end up with an adventure.

The minutia of planning, insurance, cash, visas, how we will do the laundry, all then give way to...

Shortest ever trip to the airport. We stayed at Rydges and walked across the road to the terminal. Maccas and Gloria Jeans for breakfast. Converted remaining Oz dollars into US cents, smuggled my lethal nail clippers onto the plane and we're now waiting to taxi. Kaz was "selected" for a random explosives scan at the boarding gate, we were probably the last 2 people to ...

... of drinks before heading back to their apartment. Upon arrival we were greeted by the beautiful smell of ribs in the oven and our hosts had brought out all the stops. The food was amazing, ribs, chicken wings and accompanying salads all dressed to perfection. Dan had put together a blue cheese sauce to accompany the food and it was unbelievable - a recipe that would definitely go down well in a restaurant! We chatted until the late evening before heading ...

... making everyone involved confused. Also, calories is energy in kilojoules, so no hope in figuring that out. Clementines are not a thing, they are mandarins. Mcdonalds is maccas and boxed wine is goon and water bottle is drink bottle. There is a girl here, that I don't know super well, but every time i see her, she says "hi how are you" I say "good how are you", and every time she says "Im fantastic!" Every time.. like are you really. No one here gets mad or upset or ...

A cable car took us back up the mountain and then we boarded the Skyway which is another cable car but this one has a glass floor for a panoramic view of the valley below and the surrounding mountains. Now we managed to time our visit rather badly as it became apparent that it was the school holidays. This meant that there were children everywhere and I ...